DINA for the issue of March 12, 2014

	March 12, 2014 | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1435
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Looming power shortage perturbs ECC By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet has expressed serious concern over fears of serious shortage of power supply and increase in loadshedding in the coming summer and faltering revenue collection of power companies.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks up 132.76 Points: KARACHI, March 11 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 27309.02 ,up 132.76 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, March 11: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.25 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Dollar falls below Rs100 By Shahid Iqbal KARACHI: The rising rupee finally brought the US dollar below the Rs100 mark on Tuesday, setting a new record for the currency’s depreciation in the country. Currency dealers said the dollar was traded as low as Rs99.90 in the inter-bank market. Market experts forecast more depreciation of the US currency in the coming days.
Musharraf told to appear on Friday By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The Special Court seized with the high treason trial of former president retired General Pervez Musharraf ordered him on Tuesday to appear in the court on Friday for indictment. This is the sixth time that the three-judge court has summoned Gen Musharraf for indictment since the proceedings in the treason case began on Dec 13.
Sindh’s senior official removed By Imtiaz Ali KARACHI: The government of Sindh made several administrative changes on Tuesday night in the wake of reports of death of over 100 children in drought-hit Thar and criticism of the government’s perceived failure to take timely action to contain the crisis. “I can confirm that Senior Member Board of Revenue, Lala Fazl Rehman, has been removed from his post,” Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said late on Tuesday night.
‘Marriage age’ laws un-Islamic: CII By Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has ruled that laws setting the minimum age of marriage are un-Islamic and said that an adolescent of any age can be married on attaining puberty. The council’s chairman, Maulana Muhammad Khan Sheerani, also ruled at the conclusion of the CII’s two-day meeting here on Tuesday that the laws were unfair because no age could be set for marriage.
SC again refrains from action against PM, CM By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Exercising extreme restraint, the Supreme Court on Tuesday again came short of invoking constitutional provisions against the chief executives of federal and provincial governments for their perceived defiance of its directives relating to missing persons. “Should not we issue notices to the chief executives of both the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments,” Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja asked Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt. “Is this what you want?”
FC soldier, ‘militant’ killed in Sui By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: A Frontier Corps (FC) soldier and a suspected militant were killed in an exchange of fire that followed launch of a search operation by security forces on the outskirts of Sui town on Tuesday, sources said. Another FC man was injured in the incident. The security personnel claimed to have captured scores of militants and seized a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in the operation.
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